1 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: From The Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel. 2 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: It's Monday, the fourteenth of April. Here's what's making headlines 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: this evening. 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 2: Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi and Opposition leader Peter Dutton have 5 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 2: sprooked their party's new housing policies as election campaign continues. 6 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 2: Under Labour's plan, buyers could secure their first home with 7 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 2: a five percent deposit, down from the current standard rate 8 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 2: of twenty percent if re elected. The Labour Party has 9 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 2: also promised a further ten billion dollars to fund the 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 2: construction of one hundred thousand affordable homes. The homes would 11 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 2: be built over the next eight years and would only 12 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 2: be sold to first home buyers. Meanwhile, the coalition's housing 13 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 2: policy includes a plan to make mortgage repayments on new 14 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 2: houses tax deductible for first home buyers. Opposition leader Peter 15 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 2: Dutton was joined by his son Harry on the campaign 16 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 2: trail today. Speaking at a press conference, Harry Duttan said 17 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 2: it's almost impossible for him to buy a home in 18 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 2: the near future under current circumstances. 19 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: A third of Australian school students are failing to reach 20 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: minimum proficiency standards for maths. New research has found. The 21 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: Gratton Institute analyzed international test data from twenty twenty three, 22 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: finding thirteen percent of Year four students in Australia excelled 23 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: in maths, compared to twenty two percent of students in 24 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: England and forty nine percent in Singapore. The report also 25 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: surveyed over seventeen hundred teaching staff, warning quote some teachers 26 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: lack confidence to teach Year six maths. It said many 27 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: teachers reported having concerns about their colleagues' ability to teach maths. 28 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: Gratton claims maths has been deprioritized in Australia for quote decades. 29 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: Its education program director jor Dana Hunter has urged governments 30 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: to take the issue seriously and investigate how to improve 31 00:01:58,480 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: maths education. 32 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: A teenager in the US has been accused of killing 33 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 2: his parents as part of a plan to assassinate Donald Trump. 34 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 2: Federal authorities believe seventeen year old Nikita Cassap murdered his 35 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 2: parents as part of a broader plot to access the 36 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 2: finances and autonomy to carry out an attack against the 37 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 2: US president. Investigators claim they've discovered an anti Semitic manifesto 38 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 2: written by the teen, which includes detailed plans to use 39 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: drones and explosives against Trump. According to unsealed police documents, 40 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 2: Cassap's intentions were to quote overthrow the US government and 41 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 2: create chaos. He's being held by police in Wisconsin ahead 42 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: of court proceedings next month. 43 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: And Today's good News, A simple saliva test could change 44 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: the way doctor's screen for prostate cancer. Researchers at the 45 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: Institute of Cancer Research London say their newly developed at 46 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: home SPIT test is a more accurate way to screen 47 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: for prostate cancer than traditional blood tests. Findings published in 48 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: the New England Journal of Medicine show the saliva screener 49 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: is able to search for one hundred and thirty mutations 50 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: in men's DNA. Each of these mutations is linked to 51 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: an increased risk of developing prostate cancer. Researchers found the 52 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: test to be more accurate than an MRI scan in 53 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: some instances. The Institute of Cancer Research said the breakthrough 54 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: could turn the tide on prostate cancer, showing a quote 55 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: relatively simple, inexpensive SPIT test is an effective tool to 56 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: catch prostate cancer early. The team is now working on 57 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: expanded trials to learn more about the test's capabilities. 58 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily os newsroom. If you're 59 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 2: looking for something else, listen to today's deep dive on 60 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: the Fair Work Commission ruling that started a conversation about 61 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 2: when it is and isn't legal to chuck a sickie. 62 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: We will be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive, 63 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: but until then, have a great night. 64 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 2: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 65 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 2: Bunjelung Calcoton woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily oz acknowledges 66 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the 67 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 2: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and torrest 68 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 2: Rate island and nations. 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